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008			151020s2016 oncb b 001 0 eng
010			_a 2015953899
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100	1		_aLaxer, James, _eauthor. _9213290
245	1	0	_aStaking claims to a continent : _bJohn A. Macdonald, Abraham Lincoln, Jefferson Davis, and the making of North America / _cJames Laxer.
264		1	_a[Toronto] : _bHouse of Anansi Press, Inc., _c2016.
264		4	_c©2016
300			_aix, 361 pages : _bmaps ; _c23 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 317-345) and index.
520			_a"Three political leaders presided over the reshaping of the North American continent during the fiery 1860s. Jefferson Davis and Abraham Lincoln were both born in Kentucky, Davis in June 1808 and Lincoln the following February. John A. Macdonald was born in Glasgow, Scotland, in January 1815. All were Protestants; none came from a wealthy family. In an earlier era, such men would not have risen to political heights. They personified an age of social and economic transformation, thrust to the top by the very forces that tore the continent apart. Davis tried to create a country by ripping the South out of the United States and establishing the Confederate States of America. Lincoln's crusade to save the Union honed the industrial-military power that would one day dominate the world. Macdonald led the drive to shepherd the diverse British North American provinces into a federal state that would secure the northern half of the continent and keep Canada out of American hands. In a high stakes game, these three national projects competed to create viable nation states. And the success or failure of the projects would have consequences--not only for the long-term future of the continent but for the entire global order."-- _cProvided by publisher.
600	1	0	_aDavis, Jefferson, _d1808-1889. _9125581
600	1	0	_aLincoln, Abraham, _d1809-1865. _93109
600	1	0	_aMacdonald, John A. _q(John Alexander), _d1815-1891. _9313941
651		0	_aUnited States _xHistory _y1849-1877. _9232623
651		0	_aCanada _xHistory _y1841-1867. _9313942
651		0	_aCanada _xHistory _y1867-1914. _9313943
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